Eftekhar Eftekharpour,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology Spinal cord injury, oxidative stress and neurotrauma,
cell protection and cell replacement therapy, neural stem cells,
oligodendrogenesis and myelin formation.
Brent Fedirchuk,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physiology;
Secondary Member DND Electrical properties of motoneurons, modulation during
locomotion, spinal motor circuitry.
Phillip F. Gardiner,
PhD
Professor, Faculty
of Kinesiology and Recreation Management; Director and Canada
Research Chair HLHP Research Institute; Professor, Physiology (cross-appointed);
Secondary Member DND Adaptations in spinal cord, neuromuscular junction and muscle
to alterations in chronic activity levels; adaptability of biophysical,
neurochemical and morphological properties of motoneurons.
Larry M. Jordan, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology;
Secondary Member DND Spinal cord electrophysiology, neuropharmacology, regeneration studies,
neural tissue culture, neural stem cells.
Soheila Karimi,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Spinal cord injury,
neural stem cells,
regenerative medicine,
spinal cord repair and regeneration,
gliogenesis,
directed in vivo oligodendroglial differentiation,
preclinical therapeutic interventions in spinal cord injury.
David A. McCrea,
Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology; Director, SCRC Spinal cord electrophysiology, spinal motor circuitry, pre- and postsynaptic
control mechanisms.
Susan J. Shefchyk,
Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology
In vivo and in vitro electrophysiology, neural
control of bladder function, reflex mechanisms in the spinal cord,
presynaptic inhibition, spinal lesion studies,
immunohistochemistry.
Karen Ethans,
M.D., FRCPC
Associate Professor, Internal
Medicine; Director, SCIU, Physical Med.& Rehab. Clinical specialist in medical rehabilitation, neuropharmacology,
pain, spasticity, neurogenic bladder.
Dean J. Kriellaars,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Med. Rehab.;
Adjunct Professor, Physiology;
Director, Human Performance Lab. Human movement studies, bone density studies, inventor of
several devices for use in rehabilitation, development of
numerous software packages for rehabilitation research
and clinical purposes.
Barbara L. Shay,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School
of Med. Rehab.; Neural control in movement, motion analysis, effects of descending
neurotransmitters and modulation in the spinal cord.
Marc Del Bigio,
M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC
Professor, Pathology Histopathological assessment of brain, immunohistochemistry,
in situ hybridization, electron microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy,
brain water assessment (hydrocephalus), cerebral ischemia.
James I. Nagy, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology Neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, biochemistry, cell biology,
immunohistochemistry, models of spinal cord and brain injury,
gap junction structure and function, CNS inflammatory mechanisms.
Associate Members - External Adjuncts
(formerly Full Members of SCRC)
Robert M. Brownstone,
M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC
UM External Adjunct Professor, Physiology. Aug.
2000 appointed Associate Prof., Dalhousie University; Div. of Neurosurgery. Neurosurgeon, in vivo and in vitro spinal cord
electrophysiology, transplantation, intrathecal drugs, spinal
stimulation.
Associate Members -
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders Members
Benedict C. Albensi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Pharmacology & Therapeutics;
Full Member DND Experiments at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and whole
animal level using techniques such as Western blots, gel
shift assays, in vitro electrophysiological recording (eg.,
LTP measurements), calcium analysis, in vivo MRI, and
behavioral testing (Morris water maze).
Paul Fernyhough, Ph.D.
Professor,
Pharmacology & Therapeutics;
Director DND Diabetic and peripheral neuropathies, cell culture, confocal
microscopy, fluorescence imaging, neuronal plasmid transfection,
general biochemistry and pharmacology.
Gordon Glazner,
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics;
Full Member DND Excitotoxicity, Alzheimer disease, stroke, aging,
neuro-protection, signal transduction, gene expression,
neurotrophic factors, apoptosis and necrosis.
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